This is an excerpt from an awesome article by Jennifer Rothschild about being a tool in God’s hands.
Jars and I have had an ongoing, antagonistic relationship for years. It doesn’t matter if they house pickles, salsa or jam.
The contents aren’t the source of my annoyance, it’s their lids that keep me agitated. I wrap my [...]
Today is the first day of the year 2008. Boy, that seemed far away when I was a kid. I’m not one for resolutions but this morning (at 2 am when I was giving Alexis her bottle) I decided what I needed to do differently in 2008. Instead of setting unrealistic goals for myself or [...]
Read full post...Our College & Careers class met at David & Karen’s tonight. I had wanted to have a time to celebrate the lost and forgotten holiday of Thanksgiving together. Instead of the traditional turkey dinner, Karen was outside in the dark grilling hamburgers and hot dogs in November. It was a great alternative since we’ll all [...]
Read full post...In mid-October, we began a series on Spiritual Discipline in our Sunday evening College & Careers class. I’m not going to post my complete teaching notes, but I thought I would hit the high points of what I’ve been learning.
When I think of “discipline”, I think of something I lack. As I was preparing for [...]
I’ll admit that I’ve never successfully read Dietrich Bonhoeffer, but as I was studying for our College & Careers class recently, I read a quote of his about “cheap grace” in the book Celebration of Discipline by Richard J. Foster. I came across the context of the quote on the internet and have included [...]
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